courageous

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cou·ra·geous /kəˈreɪdʒəs/ adjectiveadj

BRAVEbrave 勇敢的，有胆量的

He was wrong, and courageous enough to admit it.

他是错了，而且有勇气承认自己错了。

a courageous decision

勇敢的决定

► see thesaurus at brave

—courageously adverbadv

In everyday English, people usually say brave rather than courageous: 日常英语中，人们一般说brave，而不说courageous

It was brave of you to tell him what you thought.

你很勇敢，把你的想法告诉了他。

Examples from the Corpus

courageous• Parker said the judge's decision was courageous.• Between 1868 and 1874 Gladstone pursued a courageous and energetic campaign which reformed the State.• Some of these experiments were heart-felt and courageous attempts to find a new way.• Later still, in a Medieval bestiary, three courageous birds are shown in the act of attacking an owl's head.• But for the actions of a few courageous individuals, we might all have died.• King was a courageous leader who confronted the racist attitudes of his time.• He is aided by the courageous local newspaper editor and a retired missionary woman.• I presented the Amway plan to a young sailor who was a member of the tough and courageous Navy Seals.• Few will forget her courageous stand against inequality and injustice.• They are courageous, strong, quick and agile.• After a courageous struggle against cancer, Garcia died at the age of thirty.

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